London Borough of Camden
London Borough of Camden | |||
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Lunnon burgh | |||
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![]() Camden shown athin Greater Lunnon |
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Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick | ||
Constituent kintra | Ingland | ||
Region | Lunnon | ||
Ceremonial coonty | Greater Lunnon | ||
Status | Lunnon burgh | ||
Admin HQ | Toun Haw, Judd Street | ||
Incorporatit | 1 Aprile 1965 | ||
Govrenment | |||
• Teep | Lunnon borough cooncil | ||
• Bouk | Camden London Borough Council | ||
• Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Labour) | ||
• Mayor | Cllr Abdul Quadir | ||
• MPs | Frank Dobson Glenda Jackson |
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• Lunnon Assembly | Brian Coleman AM for Barnet an Camden | ||
• EU Parliament | Lunnon | ||
Aurie | |||
• Total | 8.4 sq mi (21.8 km2) | ||
Aurie rank | 317t (o 326) | ||
Population (mid-2016 est.) | |||
• Tot | 234,846 | ||
• Rank | 68t (o 326) | ||
• Ethnicity[1] |
44% White Breetish |
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Time zone | GMT (UTC0) | ||
• Simmer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | ||
Polis force | Metropolitan Polis | ||
Wabsteid | www |
The London Borough of Camden is a burgh o Lunnon, Ingland, which forms pairt o Inner Lunnon. The soothren reaches o Camden form a pairt o Central Lunnon. The local authority is Camden London Borough Council.[2]
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History[eedit | eedit soorce]
The burgh wis creatit in 1965 frae the umwhile aurie o the metropolitan burghs o Hampstead, Holborn, an St Pancras, which haed formed pairt o the Coonty o Lunnon.[3] The borough wis named efter Camden Town, which haed gained its name frae Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden in 1795.[4]
Destricts an environs[eedit | eedit soorce]
- For a full leet o destricts an neebourheids o Camden, see Leet o destricts in Camden
The aurie is in the northren pairt o the ceety, reachin frae Holborn an Bloomsbury in the sooth tae Hampstead Heath in the north. Neighbourin auries are the Ceety o Wastmeenster an the Ceety o Lunnon tae the sooth, Brent tae the wast, Barnet an Haringey tae the north an Islington tae the east. It covers aw or pairt o the N1, N6, N7, N19, NW1, NW2, NW3, NW5, NW6, NW8, EC1, EC2, EC4, WC1, WC2, W1 an W9 postcode auries. It conteens pairts o central Lunnon.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Data Management and Analysis Group, Greater London Authority, Demography Update October 2007, (2007)
- ↑ "Camden Council: About the Council". www.camden.gov.uk. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ↑ Vision of Britain - Camden LB
- ↑ Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001)
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae London Borough of Camden. |
- The wabsteid o Camden Cooncil
- Camden TV
- Things to do in Camden
- Camden Guide (Online spin-off of The Lock magazine)
- WHO's Commission 2008 finding on the Social Determinants of Health finding re 'two Camdens' syndrome (3rd para)